Verstappen claimed his eighth pole of F1 2023 - his third consecutive Dutch GP pole - with a stunning 👍final lap iཧn drying conditions.

The Dutchman’s margin was ultimately 0.537s - a substantial gap given the short nature of the Zandvoort circuit🗹.

Norris was up on Verstappen ไin the first part of lap but lost time through the remaining two-thirds.

Piastri looked to be on the pace but struggled on his final lap, ultimately qualifying eighth,ﷺ 1.3s off Verstappen.

Speaking afౠter qualifying to Sky Sports, Horner said: “I thought in conditions like that, the McLaren seems to warm their tyres up pretty quickly, I thought they were going to be a lot closer than they were because in these conditions, a damp track, you need to generate the temperature. 

“I th🐓ought Lando or Oscar might have stolen it. Then a whole bunch of others turned up as well, so it was 🐻an interesting mix.”

It was another lacklustre qualifying sho🍃wing from Sergio Perez in the second Red Bull, securing seventh on the grid.

He 𝓰was 1.313s off teammate Verstappen in qualifying.

Assessing Perez’s display at Zandvoor💜t, he said: “What can you say in conditions like that? It’s the same for everybody, you’ve just got to go out there and feel the grip and put a lap in.

“For whatever reason he [Perez] hasn’t quite the confidence that certainly Max ꦛhas - I don’t think anybody has had the confidence Max has –- so a harder session for him, buꦛt then there’s others around him who have struggled. 

“I didn’t expect Oscar, for example, to be behind him, so a mix♔ behind him.”